How you can make an impact:
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Lead and build the Risk team, setting direction, priorities, and standards for the function
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Own and evolve Aave’s risk management frameworks and policies
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Set minimum review standards and provide independent challenge for product-specific risk frameworks
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Establish model-risk and data-governance standards for material quantitative models and external risk inputs, including validation, versioning and monitoring
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Review whether product and engineering controls adequately implement approved risk requirements, with explicit ownership of gaps, exceptions and incident response
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Establish standards for external risk providers and data dependencies, including methodology, independence, conflicts, data quality, performance and fallback arrangements
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Own the governance, approval thresholds and escalation process for protocol-risk parameters; oversee monitoring and review material change recommendations
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Approve and sign off on collateral onboarding decisions and risk assessments
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Review liquidation performance and recommend improvements to liquidation mechanisms
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Lead risk governance processes and present risk analyses to the DAO
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Monitor market structure changes and their implications for protocol risk
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Take accountability for the quality, independence and timeliness of Risk’s assessments, ensuring residual risks, decision owners and escalation paths are explicit and drive a culture of ownership within the team
Let’s connect if you have:
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5+ years of experience in risk management, with a strong preference for DeFi or crypto-native experience
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Proven experience leading and managing a risk team
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Deep understanding of the Aave Protocol: its markets, governance, parameters, and risk dynamics
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Strong grasp of market structure, portfolio risk management, and stress testing methodologies
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Experience governing risk for composable DeFi products or pooled strategies, including external protocol, liquidity, oracle, counterparty, execution and operational dependencies
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Experience working with or managing external risk service providers
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Strong sense of accountability and ownership. You take responsibility for outcomes and hold your team to the same standard
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Excellent judgment under uncertainty. You’re comfortable making consequential decisions with imperfect information
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Strong communication skills for governance proposals, risk reports, and stakeholder alignment
Nice to have:
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Previous experience working directly with DeFi governance processes
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Background in traditional finance risk management (portfolio, credit, or market risk)
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Familiarity with risk tooling and simulation platforms used in DeFi